Compensation is due only for injury, including future injury, that is established with a reasonable degree of certainty.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1499
Certainty of Injury · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Compensation may be due for the loss of a chance in proportion to the probability of its occurrence.
Where the amount of damages cannot be established with a sufficient degree of certainty, the assessment is at the discretion of the Court.